re: WOJ: hart re-signing

I love Hart he’s my favorite Pel but even I think $12.67 mil per year is a little steep for him. I figured it would be about $9 million per year but whatever I’m happy he’s back. His energy is infectious.

Y’all are complaining over 3 mil per year. It’s not your money. It’s not going to frick us long term. Go look at other players making that much. fricking Kelly Olynyk. Y’all need to calm down.

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Bit of an overpay

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It is thebperfect tradeable contract. You need those middle of the road contracts to pull off deals. Teams stocked with rookie deals, mins, and max deals make it hard to make moves via trade.

That's why it was so hard for Boston to make moves because Smart was the only guy in that type of pay scale.

Hart used the unfollowing of Pels on Instagram/Twitter as leverage

Hart was a 3yr, 30 mil max guy imo but glad to have him back.

Now let’s carve out some time for him to have with Vinson. If he could improve his shot a bit he would be tough to defend.

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signing hart to trade for buddy hield

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This and the overpay makes sense in two respects.

The 1st one is obvious, to get closer to matching salaries without having to give up Didi bc u cant trade Garrett before a certain date and Gabriel isnt enough and not a guaranteed contract which Sac would probably want included to save money and cut him. But, maybe thats why they bizzarely signed Daulton Holmes to a 2way contract over Moses Wright bc Holmes will be included in that deal. I think 2 way contracts dont have trade restrictions on new contracts like the regular contracts. So now when u sign and trade Hart, Gabriel and Holmes and probably 1 or 2 2nd round picks for Buddy it allows the Pels to not give up a Herb Jones or Didi to match salaries.

Secondly, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, the overpay to Hart is for him to agree to the sign and trade... Remember, he is restricted, but not contractually obligated/mandated, yet, to be included in any trade for whomever the Pels want. Think Bogdanovic last summer where he didnt agree to be traded to Milwaukee and nixed that deal bc Atlanta came in with a significantly better offer at the last minute.

So, for Hart to agree to go to Sacramento and we get Buddy or whomever we have targeted, we gave Hart 2-4 million above his fair market value for his troubles to go play for a currently projected, non-playoff contention team/perennial shitshow organization in Sacramento bc without Hart agreeing to be included as part of a sign and trade, if the Pels wanted Buddy that bad, Sacramento wants a 1st and Im sure the Pels in trying to hardball Sac, knowing they likely wont keep Buddy regardless bc of chemistry issues, drafting of Davion Mitchell and the need to re-allocate financial resources to another position say SF behind Barnes, the Pels likely caught news that Charlotte, Lakers, Knicks, or somebody is imminently about to pull the trigger and give Sac what they want--a coveted 1st and the threat became critical bc said 1st would now likely come from a team that Sac believes wont be in the late 20's like the Lakers.

Im fairly certain that tomm you will find out Buddy or possibly someone of that caliber has been traded to the Pels and Hart is included as a sign and trade.

I cant see the Pels keeping Hart when he publicly said he wanted out, Griff/Langdon harping all summer about targeting players who want to play for the city, and Hart likely being overlooked for a starting role still for NAW, coupled with the newfound competition at the 3 and him not being a PG to beat out Kira/Sato nor a true shooter to stave off Naji. Truth of the matter is Hart doesnt really fit on this team anymore nor is needed where he was of value to us-- Defense and rebounding. With Naji, Trey, Herb and Didi, to a lesser extent, all looking GREAT in summer league, Hart's minutes would get reduced, at the very least, and thats with him playing consistently well. At worst, he could find himself disgruntled with a string of DNP's bc he struggling and playing on a 1 yr deal looking for his next contract, next year.

You'll have a new Pelican face tomm folks but I would be suprised if its Hart coming back into the fold.

That's too much for josh hart.

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Hart was at Summer League watching our team and training with BI and others.

That’s not the behavior of someone trying to get out of New Orleans.

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Hart was at Summer League watching our team and training with BI and others.

That’s not the behavior of someone trying to get out of New Orleans.

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How do you know that wasnt after everything pretty much dried up.

Griff probably then told him we have this extra money let's do something.

This wasn't the first option for team or player.

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You'll have a new Pelican face tomm folks but I would be suprised if its Hart coming back into the fold.

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Prepare to be surprised…

Hart's at Summer League to get the BAG. Plus with Van Gundy gone, he probably has no more hard feelings unless Griff was the basis for his negative comments after the season... shite, I'd go watch my old team too, gladly I might add, if they did me a solid and threw me an extra 3-5 mil to go play elsewhere with clear cut need for me and playing time, as opposed to signing my 5 mil. Qualifying Offer for 1yr. and then having to fight off the newfound depth on this team, nevermind getting passed over AGAIN to start finally at my natural SG position, while trying to showcase for my next contract.